Journal of Chongqing Jiaotong University Social Sciences Edition ›› 2023, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (4): 69-76.

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Warning, Reflection and Aspiration The Crisis Narrative of Klara and the Sun in the Posthuman Context

WANG Juan   

  1. School of Foreign Studies, Anhui Xinhua University, Hefei 230088, China
  • Received:2022-06-16 Revised:2022-10-04 Online:2023-07-18 Published:2023-07-18

警示·反思·吁求 ——后人类语境下《克拉拉与太阳》中的危机叙事

王娟   

  1. 安徽新华学院 外国语学院,合肥 230088
  • 作者简介:王娟,女,安徽新华学院外国语学院副教授。
  • 基金资助:
    安徽省哲学社会科学基金青年项目“文化侨易学视阈下石黑一雄作品的新世界主义思想研究”(AHSKQ2020D183)

Abstract: The crisis narrative in Kazuo Ishiguros latest novel, Klara and the Sun, is not confined to the stereotyped criticism of techtopia. As an impersonal force, technology once threatened Josies life, yet it also managed to bring her through and supported her recovery. In the transfer of crises and opportunities, the author tries to step over the crisis itself, calmly reexamine and reflect on the potential risks such as physical embodiment, emotional replacement, and value alienation during the transitional process from human to posthuman society. In addition to timely prewarning, Kazuo Ishiguro also actively seeks the ways to overcome difficulties and eliminate dangers. The allegory of Klara and the Sun shows Kazuo Ishiguros cultural aspiration that we should promote the coexistence and integration between technology and nature, safeguard life safety, and remould the moral values on the trend of material turn.

Key words: Klara and the Sun; posthuman; crisis narrative; embodiment; material turn

摘要: 石黑一雄新作《克拉拉与太阳》中的危机叙事并非对“科技乌托邦”的陈腐针砭。科技作为一股客观力量,它既使乔西命悬一线,又助其转危为安,寻得健康。在危机与转机的流转间,作家试图跨越危机本体,冷静审视处于“人类—后人类”转型进程中潜在的身体具身化、情感替身化、价值异化等风险模式。在及时预警之余,他亦积极寻求、传达济困解危之道。“克拉拉与太阳”之喻展现出在物转向思潮下人类应积极推动科技与自然共生融合、护佑生命、重塑价值的文化诉求。

关键词: 《克拉拉与太阳》;后人类;危机叙事;具身化;物转向